Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [to-vb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | But 5 year old Amy Harding would have found the trauma of having a surgical collar even worse if she 'd had to make the long trip to Gloucester . |
| 2 | Certainly those who were in the square in 1387 hoping to see the completion of the Duomo would have had to wait a long time , far longer than the span of a human life . |
| 3 | In Washington , Morton Stannard had listened to the rage of Zack as the spools unwound on the conference-table in the Situation Room , to which the committee had repaired to avoid the Long Tom cameras constantly peering at the windows of the Cabinet Room . |
| 4 | Though Louis had had plenty of time to gain experience of ruling and to form a court of his own in the subkingdom of Aquitaine ( he had been king there since the age of three ) , he had had to wait a long time for his father 's inheritance . |
| 5 | Miss Danziger was not an ugly woman but the Colonel had had to take a long hard look to discover her good features : her bone structure ; strong fair hair streaked with less fair strands ; her pale complexion , unpainted . |
| 6 | It was in the 2nd round of the FA Cup in December 1937 when the Palace had had to make the long trip to Accrington on one of the rare times when the draw for this round was not made on a geographical basis . |
| 7 | 87 MINUTES : Kiwomya slipped the ball past the advancing Flowers after Monkou had tried to head a long ball from Guentchev back to his keeper . |
| 8 | ‘ I have had to wait a long time for the freedom , but it will be passed down and at least I can say that I was a Freeman of Chester . |
| 9 | We have acted to reduce the long hours worked by junior doctors in hospitals . |